This species in not uncommon at Mount Kinabalu HQ lights. Newly emerged adult beetles often have a pale integument and are known as 'tenerals'. When the integument is fully hardened it will turn brown for this species.

The lighting around Mt. Kinabalu National Park HQ attracts a bewildering array of magnificent insect life unmatched by few other localities on the planet. However the lights are a double-edged sword as whilst attracting and placing on show to visitors this amazing biodiversity the local fauna suffers of increased predation pressure as the predators have learned to harvest the 'light crop'.

The huge Family of Longhorn beetles employ a diverse array of camouflage techniques. Most visual insectivores use a symmetric search image to locate prey. Asymmetric camouflage using the antennae is uncommon in the Family

Thank the heavens for sharp-eyed insectivorous dinosaurs and their modern incarnations as birds for putting such sustained pressure on insects to avoid their attention by developing a plethora of avoidance measures - in this case beak-snagging spines